Chinese violinist Xie Nan will meet American contemporary Elmar Oliveira for a concert with the China Youngsters Symphony Orchestra.

Each violinist will, in turn, play two great ancient European violins - one Stradivarius and one Guarneri - and two new violins by Chinese violin-maker Cao Shukun afterward.

Oliveira will play Henryk Wieniawski's Mazurka, Chopin's Nocturne in C Minor and Ravel's Tzigane. Xie will play Gershwin's Summertime and A Woman Is a Sometime Thing. The two violinists will perform The Four Seasons by Vivaldi together.

At 6 pm on the day of the concert, Oliveira and Cao will give a free lecture about violins at the Forbidden City Concert Hall.

7:30 pm, Dec 20. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, northwest of Tian'anmen Square. 010-6559-8285; 010-6559-8306